Pausanias: “De tota Greciae libri decem.” Basiliae Oporinus 1550 Second edition, Folio 30x21cm, later 18th century leather over boards slightly rubbed, complete [12]438p.[64],text clean and bright, overall very good. The Oporinus famous edition, printed just after the first Aldine edition which had been based in a manuscript full with errors, according Brunet. In this second edition several more manuscripts have been checked and translation in Latin had been done by Abraham Loescher. Clavier stated that this is the best edition and in reality the first complete and accurate presentation of the journey. The travel account of Greece by Pausanias (110-180 A.C.) is one of the first comprehensive travel accounts in human history and the first travel guide. Describes with impressive detail Peloponnesus and some other part of Greece. A basic source for Roman Greece and the main basis for any archaeological monuments identification today, as the classical Greece was still mostly intact at his time. This edition made a profound impression in the middle of the 16th century and established the authority of Pausanias . VERY RARE